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Number 12: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1953
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Ike Will Confer
With Newsmen
Once A Week
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—
(IP)—The White House an
nounced today President Ei
senhower will hold regular
news conferences and may in
troduce a novel system of making
periodical reports to the nation
by radio and television.
Press Secretary James C. Hag-
erty said Eisenhower does not ex
pect to chance “any of the usual
procedures of the past” with re
spect to news conferences.
He said Eisenhower will prob
ably meet the newsmen once a
week, perhaps even oftener at the
outset of his administrationn,, and
answer questions.
Hagerty told reporters that Ei
senhower may also ask Cabinet
members to sit in on presidential
news conferences where they
would be subject to questioning by
correspondents.'
With the new administration
barely under way, Hagerty
promptly moved to scotch specu
lation that Eisenhower might cui’-
tail or even abandon the policy of
question - and - answer conferences
followed by the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and former
President Truman.
Noting widespread conjectm‘e on
the subject, Hagerty said specifi
cally that Eisenhower would not
require newsmen to submit writ
ten questions in advance and nev
er had contemplated any such pro
cedure.
He said Eisenhower believes
news conferences “serve a very
worthwhile purpose” and never
considered banning them or de
parting from established custom.
GOVERNOR SHIVERS TAKES OATH—At left, Gov. Allan Shivers is shown taking the
oath of office as governor of Texas, from State Chief Justice John E. Hickman, on the
South steps of the capitol. (AP Wirephoto)
Wilcox Will Serve
Meeting Moderator
G. B. Wilcox, head of education
?uld psychology department, will
serve as moderator for a school
discussion meeting at Temple, on
Monday, Jan. 26 at 8 p. m.
The meeting sponsored by the
League of Women Voters and the
Citizen’s Committee, will discuss
problems confronting the Temple
Independent School District.
All phases of school adminis
tration, building programs, and
school finance will be discussed by
a group of school specialists who
include: Dr. Henry F. Allison, di
rector of Southwestern Coopera
tive Program on Educational Ad
ministration; Dr. K. E. McIntyre,
professor educational administra
tion, University of Texas; Dr. Ray
hold, director Texas School Board
Association; Dr. Lynn Anderson,
institute of public affairs, Univer
sity of Texas; and Dr. Bascomb
Hayes, member state board of ed
ucation.
Same Old Story;
Man Waits for Wife
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—(A 5 )—
It was the old story about the hus
band waiting while the wife got
dressed for big social doings—the
Eisenhowers were nearly 20 min
utes late starting to the Inaugural
Balls.
The new President, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, appeared downstairs
at 9:50 p. m., the schedule time,
but it was more than 15 minutes
before iHrs. Eisenhower got to the
White House lobby.
They left together for the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard
Armory at 10:09. The plan was to
stay there about 45 minutes then
go on to the second edition of the
double-barreled ball at the George
town University Gymnasium on
the other side of town.
As the presidential couple
stepped out under the white col
umns of the White House porch,
Eisenhower was heard to tell his
wife: “Your friends are out here.”
He refei-red to the battery of pho
tographers who had recorded their
every more during the strenuous
inauguration day.
Inaugural Parade
Lasts for 5 Hours
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—(A 5 )—
The big inaugural parade finally
wound up at 7 p. m., EST, last
night—5 hours and 10 minutes
after it began.
Officials previously had estimat
ed that it would last only 2% hours
or three hours at the most.
Cold Wave Expected
To Hit Texas Tonight
By the Associated Press
Another cold spell was scheduled
to hit Texas Thursday night but
nothing was expected to equal the
snow and sleet of last week end.
Blustery winds with near-freez
ing temperatures was the outlook.
West Texas had the highest tem-
peatures and the highest winds
Wednesday.
Cold Spots
Wink had a maximum of 80 de
grees followed by 77 at Browns
ville, Big Spring with 74, Abilene
Weather Today
RAIN
WEATHER TODAY: Light
showers continuing today and early
tomorrow.
and El Paso with 73. Galveston
with a maximum of 55 and Texark
ana with 57 were the coolest spots.
Whipping winds dropped visibil
ity to two miles at El Paso late
Wednesday. The gusts ranged
from 39 to 46 miles an hour. Lub
bock reported blowing dust and 5
or 6 mile visibility most of Wed
nesday afternoon, but the wind
died down after dark.
First Month
Winter ended its first month
Wednesday but there was little
to show it had been around at all.
There were no fresh mounds of
deep snow Wednesday. And no in
tense cold either. Thermometers
didn’t get down to the freezing
level at many points. The lowest
temperatures reported were 9
above at Caribou, Me., and 13
above at Duluth and International
Falls, Minn.
Light Snow
There were a few light snow
flurries in the Upper Mississippi
Valley. Rain fell along the Pacific
Coast and in the Central and
Northern Rocky Mountain regions.
Rain doused a large section of the
Southeast from Alabama north
ward to Virginia.
In Southern California, there
was some unusual weather. In
fact, the Weather Bureau-hardened
to such things-called it a phen
omenon.
The temperature dropped six de
grees to 52 in a half-hour. The
visibility dropped from 70 miles
to three. And fog rolled into coast
al cities from inland valleys. That’s
strictly a switch.
A&M To Receive Engineer
Fellowship From Stanolind
A&M is one of 13 colleges and
universities that have been award
ed Stanolind Oil and Gas Com
pany fellowships for the 1953-54
academic year. In all, 15 fellow
ships are being awarded by the
company to the 13 schools.
The list of institutions receiving
the grants for the coming year was
made public today by E. F. Bullard,
president of Stanolind.
T exas V et Medicine
Starts Convention
The State Veterinary Medical
Association of Texas will hold its
annual convention at Mineral Wells
Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 26-27,
Dr. Alvin A. Price of the A&M
School of Veterinary Medicine, an
nounced today. Dr. Price is execu
tive secretary of the association.
Several top-flight out-of-state
speakers will take part in the pro
gram. Dr. Mark Welch, Lederle
Laboratories, New York, N. Y.,
will speak on “Antibiotics in Treat
ment and Feeds,”; Dr. E. R.
Franks, Kansas State College, will
present papers on “Large Animal
Surgery”; Dr. C. E. DeCamp, Pit-
man-Moore Company, Indianapolis,
Ind., will talk on “Clinical As
pects of Canine Hepatitis”; and
Dr. C. L. Davis, U. S. Bureau of
Animal Industry, Denver, Colo.,
will cover some pathological con
ditions as related to clinical diag
nosis.
Chairman of the program com
mittee is Dr. Richard Winters of
Weatherford. Dr. Lloyd Thomas,
Mineral Wells, is in charge of local
arrangements. Dr. J. W. Barton of
Temple is president of the associa
tion.
Dr. Morgan to Speak On
Literary Democracy
Dr. S. S. Morgan, head of the
English department, will speak on
“Democracy in Literature” at a
meeting of the College Womens
Social Club in the MSC at 3 p.
m. Friday.
Dr. Morgan’s talk will include a
description of characters in liter
ature.
The fellowship at A&M is in the
field of Petroleum Engineering,
according to H. W. Barlow, dean of
engineering. Each grant carries
a stipend of $1500 as well as tu
ition and fees. The stipend has
been increased $250 over last yeai\
No Reservations
Stanolind fellowships are avail
able to all qualified students, with
selection of the fellow to be made
by the college in cooperation with
Stanolind. The company makes
no reservations whatever about
patent rights or subsequent em
ployment of the fellow in its or
ganization. Any benefits deriving
from the studies will be made avail
able to the entire petroleum indus
try, in accordance with long-stand
ing Stanolind policy.
Throughout the life of the fel
lowship, representatives of Stan-
olind’s Producing and Research de
partments will consult periodiaally
with the fellow on both practical
and theoretical aspects of the prob
lem.
Applications for the fellowship
may be filed with Dean H. \V. Bar-
low’.
RVs Guard Shivers
In Austin Parade
Governor Allan Shivers was
guarded during his nine-block in
augural parade, Tuesday, by the
Ross Volunteers, A&M’s honor drill
unit.
The 19 mah honor guard formed
around the reviewing stand after
marching beside the Governor’s
car in the parade. Their colorful
uniforms added to the pagentry of
the reviewing stand as the Govern
or reviewed the hour-long parade.
Preceeding his inaugural address
on the steps of the capital build
ing the Governor and his party
walked out of the building under
an archway of crossed sabers form-
edby the R.V.’s.
The Ross Volunteers arte the
permanent honor guard for the
Governor of Texas.
People To Decide On
Recreation 'Fax Issue
Life’ Features
Walt Davis In
2-Page Spread
LIFE magazine will feature
a two-page spread on Walt
(Buddy) Davis, former A&M
and Olympic track star, in
their next issue Jan. 26 which
is scheduled to hit the newsstands
tomorrow.
Davis has been taking ballet
lessons. Roand Guerard, a one time
star of the Ballet Russe de Monte
Carlo, and now a teacher at a
ballet school in Houston, said he
had just the thing for Davis: a
three month training in “therigors”
and graces of the classic dance to
teach him better control of his
whole body.
Regularly, Davis has been slip
ping inconspicuously over to the
dancing school. There, his huge
frame, 6-8, in his Olympic clad
track uniform and towering over
the dainty leotardclad girl stu
dents, he painstakingly applied
himself to learning ballet leaps,
attitudes and positions.
Davis felt the lessons were lim
bering him up fine for a shot at
the high jump record. But then he
"went to a meet in Washington, D.
C.
He was making a routine jump
at a piddling 6-7 when he knocked
off the bar, landed the wrong w r ay
on a hard mat, and w r ent rolling
in pain wdth a sprained ankle.
Now he may neither high-jump
nor toe dance for several weeks
to come.
Top Dance Teams
Promised Saturday
Two exhibitions by a pair of the
top dance teams of the area have
been announced for the March of
Dimes square dance jamboree to
be held at Sbisa hall on the A&M
College campus Saturday night.
Nita and Manning Smith, wdio
have performed at many of the
top social and dance affairs in
the Southwest, will present the
number for -which they have re
ceived national acclaim, according
to Mrs. Lola Thompson, chairman
of the sponsoring Promenaders
club.
Also billed for “spotlight at
tention” are Camille Kennedy and
Jimmy Boswell.
“These talented students from
Stephen F. Austin High school
have delighted all who have seen
them dance. We are lucky to have
them,” Mrs. Thompson said.
Tension Proves
To Much for RV
The heat and tension proved too
much for one of Aggieland’s Ross
Volunteers, serving as honor
guard. The Aggie fainted during
the inauguration. The RV’s com
mander, Joe Wallace, had to send
in an extra man. The fainter soon
revived.
Sigma Xi’s Hear
Noted Biologist
Tomorrow Nite
r
A motion asking that a vote be taken at the next munici
pal election to determine whether or not the recreation coun
cil be placed on tax support was passed last night by the
city council.
After nearly an hour long discussion the council passed
a motion which read that, “The city council adopt an ordi
nance that a referendum to be held at the next municipal
election on the question that whether a municipally conducted
recreation program be authorized and a tax increase of ten
cents per $100 evaluation.”
According to Mayor Ernest Langford, this increase in
taxes would mean the recreation council, now supported by
fees and voluntary contributions, would receive $2,500 from
the city each year. Passing of the tax increase would also
♦■mean that the recreation council
would be made into a city board.
The amount given by the city
would be supplemented by any con
tributions and fees that the recrea
tion council receives during the
year.
Adopt Ordinance
The city council plans to adopt
an ordinance after the election
which would make the recreation
council into a board supervised by
the city. The newly created board
would be called the City Recrea
tion Board and would have control
over all the city’s recreational
facilities, including parks, play
grounds, and their equipment.
Financed Same Way
Should the voters turn down the
rise in taxes and the council adopt
the ordinance setting up the board,
the board’s operation would be
financed in the same manner as
the recreation council has been in
the past. The city donated $600
to the recreation council this year.
The 15, non-paid members of the
Recreation Boaid would be chosen
in the following manner: one rep
resenting the A&M College System
one representing the A&M Con
solidated System, one from each of
seven civic organizations, one rep
resenting the city council, and five
members-at-large.
Representatives Appointed
The civic organizations and
their representatives are to be
chosen by the Mayor from nomin
ations presented by the chief exe
cutive of the particular organi
zation. The mayor also appoints
the representative from the city
council and the members-at-large.
The proposed ordinance states
that the Bear’d shall “conduct a
constructive and wholesome pro
gram of recreational activities for
the benefit of all the inhabitants
of the city, particularly the youth.”
(See CITY COUNCIL, Page 2)
Dr. Charles M. Pomerat, well
known artist, lecturer, and research
bioligist will be the speaker at
the meeting of Sigma Xi tomorrow
night at 7:15 in the assembly room
of the MSC.
H e will speak o n Dynamic
Morphology, which in less techni-
c a 1 language means “changing
forms”.
An invitation has been extended
by the members of Sigma Xi to
the people of College Station to
hear Dr. Pomerat’s speech. In his
talk, Dr. Pomerat will narrate a
showing of colored slides and mo
tion pictures he has made in his
research.
Dr. C. C. Doak of the biology
department said although the talk
will be on a scientific subject, it
will be presented so the layman
will have no trouble understanding
it.
“The speech can be understood
by anyone,” Dr. Doak said.
Following the speech, Sigma Xi
wil hold a short invitation cere
mony of 40 new members. Sigma
Xi is an honorary research frater-
ity.
Registrar Reports 600
Enrollment Decrease
Fifty three hundred students are
expected to register for the spring
semester, said H. L. Heaton, reg
istrar, in a letter to the depart
ment heads.
This number is 600 short of the
approximate 5900 students who
enrolled here last fall.
School Board OKs
Tuesday Bond Vote
The A&M Consolidated School
Board of Trustees met in a special
session last night to canvass votes
of the Jan. 20 school bond election.
A total of 793 votes were cast.
The final count was 325 for, 463
against, and five mutilated.
Too Much Money
The $650,000 provided by the
bonds would have been used for
the construction of a new high
school and an elementary school.
Opposition to the proposal was
based on the 50 per cent tax raise
the school board said they would
have needed to pay for the bonds
and doubts as to the ability of
Texans Fare Well On Committees
WASHINGTON, Jan.—(A>)_The
new Texans in Congress fared well
with their committee assignments,
especially in view of the fact they
are minority party freshmen.
There were only two changes in
assignments among the older Tex
as members—Rep. Walter Rogers
of Pampa went fi’om Vetei’ans Af
fairs to Interior and Insular Af
fairs, and Rep. Frank Ikard of
Wichita Falls went from Merchant
Marine and Fisheries to the com
mittee on Government Operations.
Daniel—Gets Post
Sen. Price Daniel went on the
Senate Interior and Insular Af
fairs Committee—where he want
ed to go, since the group handles
tidelands legislation. No little cre
dit for his getting the assignment
goes to Texas senior Sen. Lyndon
B. Johnson. As Democi’atic floor
leader in the Senate Johnson has
much say-so in such matters. When
the selection was announced Dan
iel publicly expressed his thanks
to Johnson for his support.
This suituation, incidentally,
pretty clearly demonstrated that
the two Texas senators probably
will get along well together even
though Johnson stayed loyal to
the Democratic party in Novem
ber and Daniel bolted to support
Eisenhower. Other small occur
rences, such as the use by Daniel
of Johnson’s office suite as his
own headquarters while awaiting
to be assigned rooms, point to a
close working relationship.
Committee-Assignments
Back to the House of Repre
sentatives, these committee assign
ments were made for the four
new members of the Texas 22-
man delegation:
John Dowdy, Athens, Post Of
fice and Civil Service; Jack
Brooks, Beaumont, Government
Operations; Brady Gentry, Tyler,
Veterans Affairs; Martin Dies,
Lufkin, Merchant Marine and
Fisheries.
What few people realize until
they come here and watch proceed
ings closely is the importance of
committee assignments, and of the
standing of the individual on the
committee. He moves up the lad
der toward chairmanship with sen
iority in service on the gx-oup, and
if he is the oldest in point of years
of service and of the political
party controlling his side of the
Capitol he is chairman.
Unless he is overwhelmingly
opposed by the others on the com
mittee, the chairman personally
can exercise great influence in
“reporting out” a bill—sending it
along toward the House chamber
with a favorable recommendation,
or in pigeon holing it. Normally
a bill goes through the House with
little trouble if it has strong com
mittee backing, for most members
respect the facts that in committee
hearings the subject supposedly
has been gone into thoroughly
and he relies on the judgment of
his colleagues. He expects them to
feel the same way about legisla
tion reported out of the committee
on which he serves.
In line for high spots on several
committees should the Democrats
get back in control of things in
Congress are several of the Tex
ans. Rep. Mahon of Colorado City
and Lubbock is second among
Democrats only to Rep. Cannon
(D-Moj on the powerful House
Appropriations Committee, and the
same situation holds for Rep. W.
R. Poage of Waco on the House
Agriculture Committee. Rep. Cool
ey (D-NC) is top Democrat on that
group. Rep. Olin E. Teague of
College Station will head the Vet
erans Affairs Committee in event
of a change in control.
Texas will be well represented
on the House Interior in Insular
Affairs Committee in this 83rd
Congress. Already on that group,
to which Rogers has been assign
ed, are Reps. Ken Regan of El
Paso and Lloyd Bentsen of McAl
len. Reclamation projects and mat
ters affecting the public domain
and the submerged lands of the
continental shelf out beyond state
seaward boundaries, go to this
committee. It also handles affairs
of the territories.
College Station to support such a
bond issue.
The results of the election as
submitted by election judge, H. E.
Burgess, were approved without
question
Issue Statement
In the meeting the board of trus
tees issued the following state
ment: “The board wishes to ex
press appreciation to the patrons
of the district for their interest
and pai'ticipation in the school bond
election. The problem of carrying
for the school children still exists
and the board will review its plans
to provide adequate facilities. Ex
pressions from the patrons will be
appreciated so that another elec
tion may be called in the near fu
ture.”
Clerks for Tuesday’s election
were Mrs. Dan R. Davis, Mrs. A.
D. Folweiler, Mrs. Curtis Williams,
and Mrs. Marion Pugh.
Price Daniel
Texas Senator